Utensil wrapping device and method

ABSTRACT

An utensil wrapping device that includes: a tray holder, where the tray holder is adapted to receive a set of napkins; a series of rollers below the tray holders, where the rollers enable the rolling of a napkin; and a plurality of utensil dispensers below the series of rollers, where the dispensers release utensils for placement into a napkin for rolling. Preferably, the at least one of the plurality of utensil dispensers may include forks, knives or spoons.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a food utensil wrapping system thatenables the placement of utensils within a wrapped napkin.

Description of Related Art

Many restaurants use cloth or paper napkins for customers. Usuallyworkers wrap utensils in napkins prior to placing them on a table for acustomer. Many times the process of wrapping the utensils within thenapkin can become cumbersome or tedious. Further some restaurants havespecial folding requirements with respect to placement of the utensilswithin the napkin, which may require even further time and effort. As aresult, it would be advantageous to have a system and device that mayassist in the process of wrapping food utensils within a napkin.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an utensil wrapping device thatincludes: a tray holder, where the tray holder is adapted to receive aset of napkins; a series of rollers below the tray holders, where therollers enable the rolling of a napkin; and a plurality of utensildispensers below the series of rollers, where the dispensers releaseutensils for placement into a napkin for rolling. Preferably, the atleast one of the plurality of utensil dispensers may include forks,knives or spoons.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts a device for a utensil wrapping in accordance with thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention relates to the utensil wrapping device that's usedto facilitate the wrapping and securing of food utensils within a napkinfor a service purposes. The present invention includes a tray holderwith a placement of napkins adjacent to utensil dispensers for typicalfood utensils such as a fork, knife and spoon. The dispensers dispenseutensils onto a napkin through the use of rollers and arms that allow auser to simply wrap the napkin as the utensils are wrapped using thearms of rollers provided.

In reference to FIG. 1, a utensil wrapping device 100 and according tothe present invention is depicted to appear on the utensil wrappingdevice 100 includes a napkin holder area 30 at the top end of the device100. Rollers 32 are provided below the napkin holder area 30 inaccordance with the present invention. Below the rollers 32 aredispensers that dispense utensils for placement into the napkin withinthe napkin holder 30. As shown, a fork dispenser 10, knife dispenser 12and spoon dispenser 14 are shown adjacent to each other in a row. Theutensils are dispensed from each dispenser and rolled onto a napkinplaced in the napkin holder 30. Once complete the napkin is rolledthrough the use of rollers 32 and provides a complete rolled napkin 20with the utensils as shown in FIG. 1. The device according to thepresent invention allows the user to load the napkins directly on to thetray holder and they allow for the dispensement of the utensils from thedispensers onto the napkins with built in rollers then enabling themovement and rolling of the napkin over the utensils. The instantinvention has been shown and described in what it considers to be themost practical and preferred embodiments. It is recognized, however,that departures may be made there from within the scope of the inventionand that obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in theart.

What is claimed is:
 1. An utensil wrapping device comprising: a. trayholder, where the tray holder is adapted to receive a set of napkins; b.a series of rollers below the tray holders, where the rollers enable therolling of a napkin; and c. a plurality of utensil dispensers below theseries of rollers, where the dispensers release utensils for placementinto a napkin for rolling.
 2. The utensil wrapping device according toclaim 1, where at least one of the plurality of utensil dispensersinclude forks.
 3. The utensil wrapping device according to claim 1,where at least one of the plurality of utensil dispensers include knives4. The utensil wrapping device according to claim 1, where at least oneof the plurality of utensil dispensers include spoons.